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It's been years since Kansas City, Missouri, had its own jail, prompting city leaders to ask voters to approve a sales tax to build a new detention center.

The lack of a municipal detention center has led to several issues, as the KSHB 41 I-Team discovered.

More than 500 Kansas City, Missouri inmates had been released early from Vernon and Johnson County jails.

On Monday, a Jackson County legislator proposed that Kansas City use the county's detention center at East 13th and Cherry streets in downtown while the city builds its new facility.

Jackson County inmates are set to transfer to the county's new detention center by February, leaving the existing building empty.

Legislator Sean Smith proposed a 30-day study to examine the feasibility of Kansas Ci

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